C. Thomas Howell credited as playing...
Jim Halsey
- John Ryder: Gas stations have cigarettes.
- Jim Halsey: What about gas?
- John Ryder: I don't need gas.
- Jim Halsey: What do you want?
- [John starts laughing]
- Jim Halsey: What's so funny?
- John Ryder: That's what the other guy said.
- Jim Halsey: What other guy?
- John Ryder: That guy back there, the one we just passed. The guy who picked me up before you did.
- Jim Halsey: That was him in there?
- John Ryder: Sure it was. He couldn't have walked very far.
- Jim Halsey: Why's that?
- John Ryder: Because I cut off his legs... and his arms... and his head... and I'm going to do the same to you.
- Jim Halsey: [John had a knife to Jim's face] Please... I'll do anything.
- John Ryder: Say four words.
- Jim Halsey: Ok...
- John Ryder: Say, "I want to die."
- Jim Halsey: Say what?
- John Ryder: "I want to die." Say it.
- Jim Halsey: I don't know if I can say that.
- John Ryder: Sure you can. Repeat after me: I...
- Jim Halsey: I...
- John Ryder: Want...
- [pause]
- John Ryder: Want!
- Jim Halsey: [Whimpers] Want...
- John Ryder: To...
- Jim Halsey: To...
- John Ryder: Die.
- [pause]
- John Ryder: Die.
- Jim Halsey: [Notices the door ajar light is on] I don't want to die!
- [Forces John out of the car]
- Jim Halsey: Look, I think you better get out now.
- [Silence]
- Jim Halsey: . The ride is over.
- [Silence]
- Jim Halsey: . Goodbye.
- John Ryder: I'm going to sit here. And you're going to drive.
- Nash: Why didn't he kill us?
- Jim Halsey: Let's go...
- Nash: WHY DIDN'T HE KILL US?
- Jim Halsey: [pause] Let's go.
- Proprietor: Well, what happened to you?
- Jim Halsey: Nothing.
- Proprietor: Nothing?
- Jim Halsey: Nothing happened.
- Jim Halsey: [trying to get policemen to help untie Nash from between two large trucks] Why don't you do something?... FUCKING DO SOMETHING!
- Captain Esteridge: You're gonna get yourself killed. And if you don't, you're gonna be in a whole lotta trouble.
- Jim Halsey: I'm sorry, sir. It's something I gotta do.
- Captain Esteridge: No, you don't know what you're doin'.
- Jim Halsey: Yeah, I do.
- Trooper Hancock: You spit on my wrist.
- Jim Halsey: What?
- Trooper Hancock: I said you spit on my wrist. Wipe it off.
- Jim Halsey: [Watching John Ryder being interrogated] John Ryder.
- Captain Esteridge: What'd you say?
- Jim Halsey: His name is John Ryder.